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Filter expression language

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Updated at May 26, 2025

You can filter log group records using the filter expression language. With the filter expression language, you can:

How to set a filter

  1. In the management console, select the folder containing your log group.
  2. Select Cloud Logging.
  3. Go to the Groups tab.
  4. Click the row with the log group you want to filter.
  5. Go to the Logs tab.
  6. Set a filter and press Enter.

If you do not have the Yandex Cloud CLI yet, install and initialize it.

By default, the CLI uses the folder specified when creating the profile. To change the default folder, use the yc config set folder-id <folder_ID> command. You can also set a different folder for any specific command using the --folder-name or --folder-id parameter.

To set a filter using the filter expression language, run the command:

yc logging read --group-name=default --filter="<filter>"

Note

You can filter records using the --filter flag and other yc logging read command flags at the same time. This combines the conditions with the AND operator. For example, you can set a filter using the --resource-types flag and the level parameter of the --filter flag:

yc logging read --group-name=default --resource-types=serverless.function --filter="level=INFO"

This filter will output records with the INFO logging level sent by Cloud Functions functions within the last hour.

You can set a filter using the LogReadingService/Read gRPC API call.

Examples of filters

  • Records whose messages contain warning or error dialing endpoint: 
    message: warning "error dialing endpoint"
  • Records created after June 8, 2023: 
    timestamp > "2023-06-08T00:00:00Z"
  • Records whose logging level is higher than or equal to INFO: 
    level >= INFO

Filter parameters

Parameter Filter format Description Sample filter
message parameter: "value" Searching for records whose messages contain the specified values. message is the default parameter, so you can omit it in the request. "Hello world!" Error Exception
resource_type parameter: "value"
parameter <comparison operation> "value"		 Searching for records sent by resources of the specified type, such as functions. resource_type = "serverless.function"
resource_id parameter: "value"
parameter <comparison operation> "value"		 Searching for records sent by a resource with the specified ID. resource_id: "d4e155orh3nu********"
json_payload parameter: "value" Searching for records whose json_payload elements have the specified values. The search is done by text. json_payload: "error"
json_payload.<element> parameter: "value"
parameter <comparison operation> "value"		 Searching for records by json_payload elements. If the filter uses a comparison operator, the element can be a string, a number, or a Boolean value; otherwise, it can only be a string. You can omit the json_payload prefix if the tree root element does not match any of the parameters. You can check if an element exists in json_payload using the EXISTS operator, e.g., json_payload.result EXISTS. This filter outputs records whose json_payload contains the result element. json_payload.flag = FALSE
timestamp parameter <comparison operator> "value" Searching for records created within the specified interval. timestamp >= "2023-06-08T00:00:00Z"
ingested_at parameter <comparison operator> "value" Searching for records delivered to the Cloud Logging system within the specified interval. ingested_at = "2023-06-22T05:15:03Z"
saved_at parameter <comparison operator> "value" Searching for records saved to the Cloud Logging database within the specified interval. saved_at >= 1622198048
level parameter <comparison operator> "value" Searching for records with the specified logging levels. The available levels are TRACE, DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR, and FATAL. level >= WARN
stream_name parameter <comparison operator> "value" Searching for records by custom log streams. stream_name = input
request_id parameter <comparison operator> "value" Searching for records by the request ID in json_playload. request_id <= "145"

Parameter value requirements

It is not required to enclose a value in quotation marks if:

  • It starts with a Latin letter and only contains Latin letters, numbers, and underscores.
  • It is an unsigned integer.

TRUE, FALSE, true, and false are used for boolean values. Enclose them in quotation marks to find them in the text.

Available value types for the timestamp, ingested_at, and saved_at parameters:

  • A string in RFC3339 format: 
    saved_at > "2023-05-28T15:20:31Z"
  • Number of seconds after 00:00 1970-01-01: 
    saved_at >= 1622198048

Searching for occurrences

To filter records by multiple values of the same parameter, list the values one by one:

parameter: "value1" "value2" "value3"

For case-sensitive search, use the :! operator:

parameter:! "value1" "value2"

Searching for boolean values and floating-point and fixed-point numbers works as search for substring matching across multiple strings.

Comparison operations

Apart from checking for an exact match, the filter expression language supports the following comparison operators:

  • Equal to

    parameter = "value"

  • Not equal to

    parameter <> "value"

  • Greater than, Less than, Less than or equal to, and Greater than or equal to

    parameter > "value"
parameter < "value"
parameter >= "value"
parameter <= "value"

Strings are compared in lexicographic order.

Filters with multiple conditions

You can combine multiple conditions in a single filter using logical operators:

  • AND: Logical operator AND. Conditions combined with this operator must all be met at the same time.

    Example:

    parameter1: "value1" AND parameter2: "value2"

    This request returns records with parameter1 set to value1 and parameter2 set to value2.

  • OR: Logical operator OR. At least one of the conditions must be fulfilled.

    Example:

    parameter1: "value1" OR parameter2 > "value2"

    This request returns records that have at least one of the conditions met: parameter1 is set to value1 or parameter2 is greater than value2.

  • NOT: Logical operator NOT, a condition that is inverse of the specified one must be fulfilled.

    Example:

    NOT parameter1: "value1"

    This request returns records with parameter1 not equal to value1.

You can create complex filters by combining multiple operators in a single request:

parameter1: "value1" AND parameter2: "value2" OR parameter3: "value3"

Computation order

  • Searching for occurrences, comparison operations, the EXISTS operator
  • Logical operator NOT
  • Logical operator AND
  • Logical operator OR

You can change the order of computations using parentheses:

parameter1: "value1" AND (parameter2 = "value2" OR parameter3 <"value3")
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